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A Texas veterinarian may have angered a lot of people, but she won't be charged for allegedly killing a cat with an arrow through the head in April. The investigation into Dr. Kristen Lindsey could find no substantial evidence Lindsey committed a crime. Though she posted a photo of herself with the dead cat on Facebook, which she later deleted, the sheriff's office couldn't verify the photo—and an Austin County grand jury today "no billed" her, the county district attorney's office says, according to the Houston Chronicle. A "no-bill" finding means there's not enough proof to file charges, KHOU notes. A crowd gathered outside the courthouse today to protest the finding.

"Without more information, the State lacks proof that this incident even occurred in the state of Texas," the DA says in a press release, adding that investigators also couldn't prove the cat's manner of death was cruel. (The American Veterinary Medical Association itself says a "bolt to the head," performed correctly, is a humane way to euthanize, and, as KBTX notes, the press release also points out that in some parts of the US, hunting stray cats is perfectly legal.) The sheriff's office says it was told that Lindsey was trying to protect her own pets from a "potentially rabid stray cat," but the cat she's accused of killing was reportedly a house pet named Tiger who went missing. Lindsey was fired from her job at an animal clinic after the photo went viral. As for her veterinary license, the DA notes it is "not involved" in the Texas Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners' decision on that.

Well, Randy, what are we gonna do here? That's Hank's girl. Well, we wait until this things blows over and not press charges, hopefully the media doesn't pick it up.

Sammirah Meowski

Jun 25, 2015 12:16 PM CDT

Oh what a bunch of horseshit.

Bono

Jun 25, 2015 9:31 AM CDT

I'm all for being humane to animals, especially house cats and dogs... but, when I see the outrage over humans killing animals I can't help but wonder why. We kill, legally, tiny, defenseless human beings when they are they most vulnerable, in the womb. I understand the outrage over the cat, but, come on people, lets also channel some outrage over the 56 Million babies whose lives were traumatically cut short before they even had a single chance to even live.